Jim Loreno
Athlete
1928 –
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Who is Jim Loreno?
James Roy "Jimmy" Loreno was a award winning Canadian Football League running back.
Coming from the junior ranks in Oshawa, he won the Gruen Trophy with the Hamilton Wildcats in 1949 as best rookie in the Big Four. No official stats were kept then, and only Canadian rookies were eligible for the award.
In 1950 he was under contract to Winnipeg Blue Bombers but ended up returning to the newly renamed Hamilton Tiger-Cats for his final season. He was enshrined in the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame in 1994, with the following testimonial:
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